Now that CHP candidate Muharrem Ince has given a boom in the TV ratings of the two political shows he took part in, it is time to see how IYI Party's Meral Aksener does. Almost no TV coverage whatsoever. #Turkishelections2018

Ex-news chief at Turkey's state TV compelled to disavow his own journalism after opposition candidate cites his book showing links between Erdogan & suspected coup plotter Gulen. "I regret to say these claims I myself wrote have nothing to offer the public as information" https://t.co/imPaQ391An

In the meantime, a local AKP branch used a mosque during its election campaign…

Turkey's opposition is demanding equal time on TV–and as we saw w/Muharrem Ince's appearance on CNN Turk is that when it happens its not always a warm welcome–today's headlines in press also remind us that it too is overwhelmingly pro-Erdogan-basically campaigning on his behalf pic.twitter.com/uwF15inePV

France created a national mechanical telegraph system in the 1790s; in 1834, a pair of crooked bankers named François and Joseph Blanc launched the first cyberattack, poisoning the data that went over the system in order to get a trading advantage in the bond market. (more…)

What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think about a smart city? Elon Musk? Jeff Bezos? Travis Kalanick? It’s natural that we should leap to the technologists. Smart cities are, after all, about technology: driverless cars, drone deliveries, and Minority Report-style signs that change depending on who’s looking at them. But I’ll tell you who I think of first: an English physician called John Snow. An unusual choice, perhaps, given that he died in 1858. The reason I mention him is that as we think about the future of our urban spaces, it’s important to recognize that…

The President of France Emmanuel Macron has posted a tweet about Le Point magazine’s cover of President Erdoğan entitled “Le Dictateur” and said, “Freedom of the press is priceless; without it, here would be a dictatorship.”

Two Turkish officers who fled to Greece following the July 2016 coup attempt were granted political refugee status on May 23 after an appeal lodged by the Greek government was rejected, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a judicial source.

While the recent diplomatic rift between Israel and Turkey indicates a further deterioration in relations, the Turkish government has avoided taking concrete steps that could directly hurt Israel, whereas the Israeli response to Turkey’s rhetoric

Cyber-security and ICT incident response teams are to collaborate with the National Intelligence Organization during upcoming elections in June. Through the days of the election, the coordinated team will meet at the USOM cyber-incident response centre of the ICTA authority to implement coordinated cyber-security measures and online content blocking.

In an interview with Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, deputy undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Galip Zerey outlined a series of measures to be taken to protect the electoral informatics system SECSIS during the June 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Measures to be taken by the coordinated group during the election,

Hilarious watching @cnnturk interview with Muharrem Ince. Seems the journalists asking him questions cannot break out of the pro-gov language mode; he keeps correcting them when they take AKP gov stance as if it is fact.

Turkey’s central bank has reacted to the drop in the value of the lira by raising key interest rates. The Turkish currency had already lost roughly a quarter of its value since the start of the year when it came under additional pressure on Wednesday morning after Japanese investors divested en masse. What are the factors behind the slump?

The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally opened its election observation mission in Turkey on May 24 for the snap presidential and parliamentary elections to take place on June 24.

Broadened freedoms and rights, a stronger administrative system and a strong economy are among the main promises of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced while unveiling his manifesto for the June 24 early elections and introducing his candidates for parliament.

The question remains whether the next elections will be free and fair. In light of Turkey’s recent political development, this is highly unlikely: the end of democracy sometimes comes not with a coup but with a vote.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses for photos with children in commando uniforms as he addresses the members of his ruling party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. DepoPhotos/Press Association. All rights reserved.Despite months of insistent denials, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for early parliamentary and presidential elections to be held in June 2018 instead of November 2019. Hours after his announcement, Turkish parliament extended the state of emergency through July, the seventh such extension since the failed coup attempt.

Turkey’s EU Minister Ömer Çelik on May 26 criticized German authorities for allowing a Turkish opposition party to hold a rally he said was organized by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government.

I would like to introduce you a project I and many friends invested a lot. It is a kind of encyclopedia project on The Gezi Park Protests. Titles are in English but most stuff is in Turkish. You will still get a sense of what it is all about.

Final results from a referendum show that Irish voters have overwhelmingly supported repealing their country’s constitutional ban on abortions and having parliament enact laws that reflect the popular vote.